October 2015

10/23/2015

From Deadline.com: Aleks Paunovic (Continuum, iZombie) is set to help swell the ranks of Caesar’s army, joining 20th Century Fox’s War For The Planet of The Apes as a new ape character to be revealed at a later date. The film picks up after the events of last year’s Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, which saw all hope for peace between mankind and apekind dashed after a false flag-incited war. Plot details for the next pic are scant, but it’s assumed the film will see ape leader Caesar become the revered Moses-like figure from the original Planet Of The Apes series of the 1960s and ’70s. Matt Reeves is directing from a script co-written with Mark Bomback. Dylan Clark, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver are producing. TSG Entertainment and Chernin Entertainment are producing."

10/18/2015

Director Matt Reeves has Tweeted the first photo from the production of the next Planet of the Apes film, War of the Planet of the Apes, proclaiming, "It has begun." The image, largely in silhouette, shows at least one actor in motion capture gear. The other, riding a horse, can't really be determined. Call me crazy, but there is something about that image that reminds me of the ending of the 1968 original. That could easily be Charlton Heston on the horse, just around the bend from the Statue of Liberty. Except, you know, Heston is no longer with us and this film takes place 2,000 years earlier. Aside from that....

10/12/2015

From Variety.com: Steve Zahn has come on board Fox’s “War for the Planet of the Apes” — the eighth film in the franchise — joining Woody Harrelson and Gabriel Chavarria. Matt Reeves, who directed 2014’s “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” is returning to helm from a script by Mark Bomback. Chernin Entertainment, Dylan Clark, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver are producing the film, which begins shooting this fall in Vancouver. The storyline is being kept under wraps. Zahn will play an ape and Harrelson will play a character called the Colonel. For more, click HERE.

10/02/2015

Rich Handley, friend to Apes fans all over the world thanks to his efforts as author of the Hasslein Books reference books Timeline of the Planet of the Apes and Lexicon of the Planet of the Apes, as well as co-editing Sequart's The Sacred Scrolls: Comics on the Planet of the Apes, has gone public on Facebook with his next book project: "Well, the cat has gotten out of the proverbial bag, so here's a follow-up to what I ambiguously mentioned here yesterday: I have contracted with Titan Books and 20th Century Fox to co-edit (with Jim Beard) and contribute to an officially licensed short fiction anthology based on the Planet of the Apes films and TV show. This will be the first time anyone has ever published a Planet of the Apes short fiction anthology, so it's a pretty big deal--especially since the often-ignored TV series will be represented in the lineup. The book, due out in 2017 (timed for release shortly before the next Apes film), will feature an amazing lineup of authors, including several you'd find on the best-seller lists (more info about the contributors to come at a later date, once all of the authors have signed on the dotted line). Saying I'm excited about this would be woefully inadequate. I'm positively ape-shit over it."

10/01/2015

War of the Planet of the Apes, third in the rebooted franchise from 20th Century Fox, reaches theatres in 2017, but in this excerpt from his podcast, Kevin Smith shares his feelings on the series. Triggering the discussion was the fact that Woody Harrelson had been cast in a role in the film that, like its predecessor Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, will be directed by Matt Reeves and written by Mark Bomback.